So we have all these cool ideas for things that we want to have out on the Howe Homestead. My favorite so far is the zip line. Scott & Suzie's lot is a the top of the hill and mine & Lesley's is at the bottom. There is a good 200 foot run with about a 25 foot drop. Checkout the topo of our lots.
This is going to be so cool. Now, Aaron, I promise you this will be better than the "zip line" I had you try out in our back yard in Alabama. The equipment that I employed was,shall we say, sub-par.
I think we will employ the zip line wizardry of my wife's favorite brother John Collin. I have heard wonderful stories from Lesley of his zip lines capers.
Anyway I have researched them on the Internet and there is a plethora of places where you can get all the necessary hardware for a few hundred bucks.
Since there are no trees taller than 8 feet tall on our land, we will most likely purchase some slightly used telephone poles to use in the trees' stead. Maybe we could use one of the towers of our wind farm (find out more about this in an upcoming post).
As you can see from the pic on the right, there is no need for the grandmas and squeamish mothers to worry about the little kiddies riding the zip line. Hopefully they make a harness rated for fat men so I don't have to try to prove my physical prowess by holding on for the entire ride. (Photo courtesy of http://www.outdoorfunstore.com/zipline.asp )
Can't you just see the cousins enjoying countless hours of zip line fun? I can't wait! There will be no need to take an expensive trip to Costa Rica just to get the thrill of soaring above the trees. We'll be able to soar above the high desert for a fraction of the cost.
Now don't be overly preoccupied with the liability issues that will arise from such an attraction on our homestead. Remember that my zip line wizard is also my lawyer. Don't worry, I have thought this whole thing through. Well maybe not completely. Besides this thing will most likely span across our property lines so at most I'll only have to pay half of the settlement.
This is going to be so cool. Now, Aaron, I promise you this will be better than the "zip line" I had you try out in our back yard in Alabama. The equipment that I employed was,shall we say, sub-par.I think we will employ the zip line wizardry of my wife's favorite brother John Collin. I have heard wonderful stories from Lesley of his zip lines capers.
Anyway I have researched them on the Internet and there is a plethora of places where you can get all the necessary hardware for a few hundred bucks.
Since there are no trees taller than 8 feet tall on our land, we will most likely purchase some slightly used telephone poles to use in the trees' stead. Maybe we could use one of the towers of our wind farm (find out more about this in an upcoming post).
As you can see from the pic on the right, there is no need for the grandmas and squeamish mothers to worry about the little kiddies riding the zip line. Hopefully they make a harness rated for fat men so I don't have to try to prove my physical prowess by holding on for the entire ride. (Photo courtesy of http://www.outdoorfunstore.com/zipline.asp )
Can't you just see the cousins enjoying countless hours of zip line fun? I can't wait! There will be no need to take an expensive trip to Costa Rica just to get the thrill of soaring above the trees. We'll be able to soar above the high desert for a fraction of the cost.
Now don't be overly preoccupied with the liability issues that will arise from such an attraction on our homestead. Remember that my zip line wizard is also my lawyer. Don't worry, I have thought this whole thing through. Well maybe not completely. Besides this thing will most likely span across our property lines so at most I'll only have to pay half of the settlement.
I searched through many boring zip line videos to find just the right one and I never found it so here's one of the world's fastest and longest zip line:
Maybe we'll put one in to run from the Rincon Mountains into the State Trust Land just north of our land. I think we'll start out small and work our way into that one.
4 comments:
If you're going to live out in the middle of no where, you might as well have a cool zip line. What else are you going to do?
Are you guys coming tomorrow night?
We're pretty litigious so you better watch out. That sounds like a ton of fun--I can't wait to see what other ideas you guys have.
All accidents will happen on your land. You will have to pay out all settlements.
make sure you get the one with the motor to retract the harness back to the top. It wouldn't be as much fun if you're the one that has to drag it back up the mountain. We're comin for a ride.......
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